Stationery device.



R. E. ZIMMER. STATIONERY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1909.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

I INVENTOR Z WITNESSES z/ 73.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH E. ZIMMER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STATIONERY DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH E. ZIMMER, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stationery Devices, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to stationery devices and particularly to note or memorandum pads and calendars, and the like for use on desks and tables.

The object of this invention is to provide a device of the class specified which may be used as a note or memorandum pad and calendar, having a leaf or sheet for each day of the year and so constructed that the leaves or sheets as used daily may be preserved in order in a manner convenient of access; a further object being to provide a device of this class which may be used indefinitely by renewing the said sheets or leaves; and with these and other objects in view the invention comprises a device of the class specified, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of my invention, and ;Fig. 2 a longitudinal section thereof.

In the practice of my invention I employ a base a which, as shown is wedge shaped having a horizontal base surface a and an inclined top surface a; and the sides a thereof are raised as shown at a to form retainers a. In the top surface a adjacent to the head end a of the wedge shaped base a I provide a recess 5 rectangular in cross section and having the depth and length shown in Fig. 2 and the lateral dimension shown in Fig. 1. Secured in the bottom of the recess 6 by means of a screw 6 is a U- shaped spring b having upwardly directed arms 79 which normally occupy the positions shown in dotted lines. I also provide a keeper 0 composed of bar brass, iron or the like, and comprising a U-shaped base 0 and an inverted U-shaped locking member 0 the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 27, 1909.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

Serial No. 514,850.

two parts 0 and 0 forming a closed link preferably rectangular in shape, the locking member 0 being pivoted to the base member '0 at c and engaging the member 0 by a snap latch 0 which may operate in any de sired way.

I have shown at (Z the usual calendar and note or memorandum pad which may be of any of the usual types consisting of separate leaves or sheets, one for each day of the year, and bearing the date thereof, and having if desired, a space for notes, memoranda and the like; and the pad 0? is provided with a circular hole The operation of my improved device will be understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the following statement thereof.

To put the device in use as, we will suppose, at the beginning of the year, the keeper 0 is removed from the device, the snap latch is opened and the locking member 0 revolved around the pivot 0 into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2; and the free end of the base of the keeper 0 is passed up \vardly through the hole (Z of the pad (Z, and the locking member 0 turned back and snapped into place as will be understood. The base member 0 of the keeper 0 is then inserted into the recess Z) in the base aspreading outwardly the arms 6 of the spring b and is held in its position in the recess thereby; and the pad cl is placed upon the inclined surface a of the base a between the retainers a as shown in Fig. 1. The device is now ready for use and when it is desired at any time, or at the beginning of each day, to replace the top leaf by the one immediately below it, the keeper 0 is removed from the recess 6 and the top leaf of the pad is slipped upwardly over the snap latch across the top of the keeper 0 and downwardly over the pivot c to the bottom and around the same and upwardly again which brings it to the bottom of the pad, as will be understood; and the keeper 0 is again inserted in position in the base as before and the device is again ready for use. As will be understood this operation may be repeated indefinitely, and any notes, memoranda, accounts or the like made on the pad will be preserved and will be readily accessible in the bottom of the pad where they will be found right side up and on the top of the sheet or page; and as will be understood the entire pad may be removed at the end of the year and a new one substituted therefor.

By means of the construction hereinbefore described I provide a desk note, nie1n0 randuni calendar pad, which occupies little space on the desk or table but in which at the 5111110 time the leaves after use are safely preserved and readily accessible for refer ence, and lies in a position most convenient for their inspection.

[I a ring fully described my invention What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a device of the class specified, the com- 3 bination with a base member having an upwardly opening recess therein provided with a tensional device, of a link shaped keeper adapted to engage and hold the leaves of a calendar pad or the like and to be reniovablv secured to said base member by engagement with said tensional device.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 23d day of August 190$).

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Witnesses Rnrnoxn l ZIMMnn, James I). OALLAIIAN. 

